As secret agent James Bond once sagely observed to Q, who supplied his special equipment and was complaining that he was bringing it back damaged, “It’s hell out there in the field.” Divers aren’t dealing with jet-packs, ejection seats in Aston-Martin sports cars, or the best way to use the strangling wire released from the … Read more
Dysbaric osteonecrosis (DON) is caused by a reduction in blood flow in the shafts of long bones secondary to breathing compressed air. This reduction may result in damage to such structures as the humeral head of the shoulder and the femoral head of the hip. Osteonecrosis has been associated with a variety of causes other … Read more
Sam Espinosa parked his battered pickup truck full of yellowfin grouper, snapper, and pay for essay writing a smattering of big pelagic fish in front of my office and with obvious difficulty climbed the front walk. He presented himself with progressive symptoms including limb pain, patchy areas of numbness and tingling, along with exceptional fatigue and … Read more
“The reliability of a decompression table or procedure is not determined by any mathematical process, but by what works in practice. What works…is what works!” — John Crea III “Any passive decompression device can only inform the diver of his or her decompression status. How that information is used is the responsibility of the diver.” — … Read more
(Q) 01.22.12 “Hi DocVikingo, I have asthma. It’s allergy induced and I generally only have trouble with it for approx 2 weeks a year (when the seasons change and my allergies act up). Even when I do have trouble with it, the worst that happens is that I have a little difficulty breathing which goes … Read more
